This for the true geeks. This is the NTSB report on the battery fire that occurred in a Boeing airplane, and its recommendations resulting from the investigation of the incident. Its deeply technical, but even a casual reading will reveal the immense complexity involved in designing, manufacturing, testing and certifying complex hardware in critical systems. Boeing clearly dropped the ball in this story, pushing the development and delivery of a new and very vulnerable component to the assembly of new aircraft, in which many aspects of the problem set were left unaddressed and serious safety threats left unresolved. Boeing, the airline, the flying public and the industry have so far dodged a huge bullet in this situation. Nobody has died so far, but it could have been much worse. One hopes that the recommendations made here will be scrupulously followed and observed in all details.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 09:58:00 +0000
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